Thanks for all the suggestions guys, but I've kind of narrowed my preference down to blockUI for the job at hand. Believe me, I've tried them all, and they all have their share of quirks. Does anyone have a suggestion for fixing the blockUI bug? If not, do know how I can contact it's author directly? Thanks again for your help so far!
JR On Oct 21, 10:12 am, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might want to give jqModal a shot. BlockUI is better for blocking > specific parts of a document, during an ajax call or the like. jqModal is > more of a modal window solution that might be better suited to what you're > trying to do. There's also SimpleModal which I personally haven't used. > > -- Josh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tallvanilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:04 AM > Subject: [jQuery] Re: BUG: oversized overlay in IE web browsers ( demo > > included ) > > > (bump) > > > Any takers? > > > On Oct 20, 7:47 pm, tallvanilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply, Josh... but that isn't the problem. To > >> demonstrate, I updated my demo according to your suggestion: > > >>http://74.205.76.81/blockuitest/ > > >> Even if that WAS the solution, it would force people to zero out their > >> body padding and margins. Not a problem for most, but inconvenient for > >> many. If you consider IE important, it's a blockUI bug. > > >> Any other takers? Here's how Boxy's author fixed it (in his own > >> words): > > >> "I've added a separate sizing method specifically for IE6 which uses > >> the viewport dimensions instead of the document, and repositions on > >> scroll as well as on resize. I tried using this approach for all > >> browsers but Firefox was having none of it." > > >> JR > > >> On Oct 20, 4:09 pm, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > This happens where there is some padding or margin on the body. If you > >> > set > >> > them to 0 via css it should take care of the problem. > > >> > /* css */ > >> > body { > >> > padding: 0; > >> > margin: 0; > > >> > } > > >> > -- Josh > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "tallvanilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > >> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 2:27 PM > >> > Subject: [jQuery] BUG: oversized overlay in IE web browsers ( demo > > >> > included ) > > >> > > Hello. I found a minor bug that affects overlay in IE web browsers > >> > > (at > >> > > least in IE6). > > >> > > Please take a look at this very simple demo: > > >> > >http://74.205.76.81/blockuitest/ > > >> > > In IE(6), the overlay is a bit taller than the browser window, so a > >> > > scrollbar appears on the right whenever the overlay is present. In > >> > > other web browsers, this doesn't happen. > > >> > > I found a similar bug with the Boxy plug-in a couple of weeks ago, > >> > > and > >> > > its author was able to fix it pretty easily. I'm a jQuery/javascript > >> > > novice, so I'm not sure how the fix was implemented. Would this be > >> > > worthwhile and easy fix for blockUI as well? > > >> > > JR
